NDSU’s Busch, IPFW’s Storie, WIU’s Koch Earn #SummitBSB Weekly Honors

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State outfielder Logan Busch was named Summit League Baseball Player of the Week while Fort Wayne starter Trevor Storie and Western Illinois starter Ian Koch garnered the league's Pitcher of the Week awards for their performances during the week of April 25 – May 1.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
LOGAN BUSCH, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
So. // OF // Inner Grove Heights, Minn.

Captured his first career Player of the Week honor

Helped North Dakota State to a mid-week win over No. 19 Minnesota and its first-ever series win vs. Oral Roberts

Went 1-for-2 with a pair of RBI, a walk and sacrifice fly in the victory over the nationally-ranked Golden Gophers

Had a 3-for-4 performance in game two against the Golden Eagles and earned a pair of hits in the series finale

Belted the walk-off, game-winning home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to clinch the series in game two

For the week, batted .500 (6-for-12) with a .833 slugging percentage and .533 on-base percentage

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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.